'Protracted' definitions:
Definition of 'protracted'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Protracted'
From: GCIDE
- Protracted \Pro*tract`ed\, a. Prolonged; continued. [1913 Webster]
- Protracted meeting,a religious meeting continued for many successive days. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] -- {Pro*tract"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*tract"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Protracted'
From: GCIDE
- Protract \Pro*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protracted; p. pr. vb. n. Protracting.] [L. protractus, p. p. of protrahere to forth, protract; pro forward + trahere to draw. See Portrait, Portray.]
- 1. To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Surv.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract its claws; -- opposed to retract. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'protracted'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- de longue haleine,
- dragged out,
- dragging,
- drawn,
- drawn out,
- drawn-out,
- elongated,
- endless,
- everlasting,
- extended,
- filled out,
- interminable,
- languishing,
- lasting,
- lengthened,
- lengthy,
- lingering,
- long,
- long-continuing,
- long-drawn,
- long-drawn-out,
- long-pending,
- long-spun,
- long-winded,
- longiloquent,
- longsome,
- marathon,
- never-ending,
- overlong,
- padded,
- prolix,
- prolongated,
- prolonged,
- pulled,
- spun out,
- spun-out,
- straggling,
- strained,
- stretched,
- stretched out,
- stretched-out,
- strung out,
- talkative,
- taut,
- tense,
- tight,
- unrelenting,
- verbose,
- windy,
- wordy